Primate Genomics and Dietary Ecology

灵长类动物基因组学和饮食生态学

• 批准号: CRC-2016-00010
• 负责人: Melin, Amanda
• 金额: $ 8.74万
• 依托单位: University of Calgary
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Canada Research Chairs
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2020-01-01 至 2021-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=695145
• 关键词: Primate; Genomics; Dietary; Ecology

Dr. Melin will address key areas of debate concerning the adaptive radiation of primates, including humans. In particular, she asks how primates 1) use their senses to locate and select foods, and 2) adapt to environmental shifts in resource abundance through diet, behaviour, and symbiosis with microbial communities. By evaluating variation between and within species, she will ask how natural selection shapes the evolution of sensory systems and foraging ecology. Her work forges new transdisciplinary pathways, uniting molecular genetics and genomics, stable isotope analysis, behavioural ecology fieldwork, and computational models of animal vision.

Melin博士将讨论有关灵长类动物（包括人类）适应性辐射的关键辩论领域。特别是，她问灵长类动物如何1）使用他们的感官来定位和选择食物，2）通过饮食，行为和与微生物群落的共生来适应资源丰富的环境变化。通过评估物种之间和物种内的变化，她将询问自然选择如何塑造感觉系统和觅食生态的进化。她的工作锻造了新的跨学科途径，将分子遗传学和基因组学，稳定同位素分析，行为生态学实地考察和动物视觉的计算模型结合起来。